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FORTUNE -- Big is powerful, or so it's generally assumed. But in today's social media-centric world, small is big again, as everything from pint-sized companies to tiny political parties are quickly becoming just as powerful.
In The End of Big: How the Internet makes David the new Goliath, social media guru Nicco Mele offers a thought-provoking look at the ways new technologies, which comprise what he calls "radical connectivity," are shrinking, and therefore altering, who controls all aspects of everyday life -- from who governs us to who sells us goods and services to who delivers our news and educates our children.
As Mele acknowledges, the book goes wide rather than deep. He starts off describing the birth of the internet within the U.S. military, then chronicles its evolution from something used to communicate research at U.S. universities to what it has become today -- a technological force with the incredible ability to decentralize the powers of today's biggest institutions. It's an important read for anyone curious about what the future might look like. While new technology has given the once overlooked little guys more power, Mele cautions that it comes with unintended consequences. For instance, staying connected has given fringe political forces -- varying from the Tea Party to terrorist groups -- tremendous potential to enter the mainstream and undermine central power.
Mele is an expert in political campaigns -- he worked as the webmaster for Howard Dean's run for U.S. president in 2002 and later went on to work for Barack Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate campaign under his company, EchoDitto. He argues that new technology has disrupted America's two-party system, giving rise to a new kind of democracy that could either produce effective leaders or what he calls "scary candidates," such as Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
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Mele pays special attention to the Fourth Estate. The Internet has given virtually everyone the power to publish. Blogs have flourished, and once giant news organizations have quickly downsized as competition intensifies for web audiences. It used to be that journalists relied on key sources to break news. Now those sources have the ability to break news directly via Twitter and the like.
There is a danger in this, however. Just as blogs flourish in the 24/7 news cycle, big media companies are languishing. They're becoming smaller, with fewer resources to commit to the kind of investigative journalism that helps protect America's freedoms and democracy. On this point, it's worth noting that while Mele's argument echoes other experts, it goes against what many thought years ago. Before Twitter and Facebook (FB), it was widely thought media companies would get bigger and bigger. And as they merged, the delivery of news and information would come from fewer and fewer outlets. The issue was highlighted in Benjamin R. Barber's 1992 book, Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy, which noted that mergers within big media companies would greatly undermine the free flow of information critical to a healthy democracy.
As it turns out, media companies are getting smaller, not bigger. A few examples: Cox Enterprise's move in 2008 to sell off several of its newspapers throughout the chain, AOL's (AOL) spinoff from Time Warner (TWX) in 2009, Time Warner's planned spinoff of Fortune parent Time Inc., and so on. Interestingly enough, just as experts years ago thought big media would threaten democracy, Mele fears a similar outcome as news shrinks to, say, a 140-character tweet.
Where Mele's argument seems less convincing -- even a bit alarmist -- is when he highlights the end of big companies. Just as the end of big journalism and government could lead to a serious accountability gap, the same problem could arise with the end of big business: "In this respect, we might even return to the 19th century, when any quack could make bizarre advertising claims, and you had no way of knowing if you were getting medicine or baking soda."
It's true the Internet has disrupted some of America's biggest retailers. Take a look at big-box chains such as Barnes & Noble (BKS), which has closed hundreds of stores as it struggles to compete with the likes of Amazon (AMZN). What's more, companies like Etsy and Quirky have empowered entrepreneurs in the retail space.
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While small companies may be getting more competitive, Mele acknowledges not all big companies are getting smaller. In fact, the biggest ones have been sitting on record levels of cash for years.
What's more, Wall Street isn't getting smaller, either. Three years after President Obama vowed to eliminate the danger of financial institutions that are too big to fail, the nation's largest banks are bigger than they were prior to the financial meltdown. As critics argue, the scale of these institutions poses an enormous threat to the security of the global financial system.
Nonetheless, the end of big is hitting many aspects of our lives. And Mele makes us seriously think about the world we live in today and, more importantly, how we'd like to live in it tomorrow.
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APPLE VALLEY • Chris and Amy Hernandez are trying to breath life into an idea sparked by a deep conversation about zombies that came from their 5-year-old son.
"It's a children's book called 'Jack and the Zombie Attack,'" said Chris Hernandez, 35, a freelance illustrator from Apple Valley. "My wife wrote the story and our son, Jack, inspired it, so I guess it's a family collaboration."
During their quest to publish the book, the Hernandez family discovered that putting their literary piece of work on a bookshelf will cost them a pretty penny.
"We're trying to raise money to pay for set up fees, making T-shirts and producing 1,000 books," Hernandez said.
The family, who is using the project-funding web site Kickstarter, is trying to collect $15,000 in pledged funds by Dec. 27, or go back to the fundraising drawing board.
"Barnes & Noble said they would love to consign the books," Hernandez said. "Maybe a publisher will pick us up from there."
After listening to their son's deep reflection on becoming a zombie, the family did a photo shoot of their little monster complete with makeup and ripped clothes.
"Some of Jack's deepest conversations have come when he's in his sandbox," Hernandez said. "We started a video series called Sandbox Session where Jack interviews different people."
The family's love of classic monster movies, with actors such as Bella Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Vincent Price, may have contributed to their son's zombie interest.
Using various photos and illustration tools, Hernandez went to work as he illustrated the book version of his son.
When the artistic dust settled, Hernandez had captured his son's childlike passion, curiosity and innocence, but the artist realized that he had a major problem.
"I had the idea, the art and the passion, but no story," said Hernandez, who was mentored by Disney illustrator Joe Yakovetic. "That's when my wife, Amy, came to the rescue."
With her love of children and poetry, Amy Hernandez used her son's conversation and husband's illustrations to weave together a children's story that would entertain the reader and teach good morals.
"I didn't hold back on the vocabulary, so the story is going to be fun and filled with content," said Amy Hernandez, who teaches middle-school in Hesperia. "It's unique and it has many of our family and friends talking."
After quitting his job of nine years, and driving to Orange County every day for three years to pursue his degree in fine art illustration, Chris Hernandez said his wife was very supportive as he pursued his passion.
"I was raised old school with the 9-5 job attitude, so it was hard to quit everything to pursue my passion," Chris Hernandez said. "My wife was diagnosed with lupus so she's not working. Hopefully our journey with zombies can turn things around for us."
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The Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coastal Region (Basin Plan) is the Board's master water quality control planning document. It designates beneficial uses and water quality objectives for waters of the State, including surface waters and groundwater. It also includes programs of implementation to achieve water quality objectives.
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Note about the 2011 Basin Plan edition
Basin Plan Amendments Approved and in Effect since June 2011:
- Resolution No. R3-2012-0002. Total Maximum Daily Loads for Fecal Indicator Bacteria in the Santa Maria River Watershed. Effective date 2/21/13.
- Resolution No. R3-2010-0017. Total Maximum Daily Load for Fecal Coliform in the Lower Salinas River Watershed. Effective date 12/20/11.
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Basin Plan Amendments Approved by the Central Coast Regional Water Board:
- Resolution No. R3-2013-0005. Amending the Water Quality Control Plan regarding Onsite Wastewater System Implementation Program. Approved 5/30/13.
- Resolution No. R3-2013-0008. Total Maximum Daily Loads for Nitrogen Compounds and Orthophosphate in the Lower Salinas River Watershed. Approved 3/14/13.
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Apple iTunes 11: The battle to keep iTunes from becoming Microsoft Word
Apple has released version 11 of iTunes, its media-management software. Few liked the old version. Will this iTunes truly go...to 11?
Apple just introduced a major update to iTunes, the media-management software that comes pre-loaded in all Macs and that functions, effectively, as Apple's central desktop and online resource for accessing content on PCs, iPhones, and iPads. Version 11 addresses a critical problem for Apple.
Which is: Everyone who uses Apple devices pretty much has to use iTunes. And before version 11, a lot of people hated using iTunes.
Why is that? Well, while Apple is still pretty good at developing operating systems, its history with other types of software is checkered. iTunes was really the company's first non-OS software package that really moved the needle. It wasn't so much the iPod that revolutionized the music business, it was iTunes — an software jukebox with online integration to the iTunes store and all those 99-cent songs.


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Pedrosa dominates Brno practice
Dani Pedrosa dominated free practice for this weekend's MotoGP meeting in Brno.
The Repsol Honda rider topped the timesheets by 0.966 seconds from team-mate and World Championship leader Casey Stoner, with Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda) third fastest.
Spaniard Pedrosa, who lies fourth in the overall standings, 83 points behind Stoner, laid down a marker in first practice with a one minute 56.328 second lap which no-one was able to better.
"The feeling was very good today [Friday] from the beginning," Pedrosa said on www.autosport.com. "The bike was working well from the first round and we could move ahead, improving little by little in both practice sessions.
"I think the main difference I felt is that I'm fresh after the summer break. The rest I had has helped me a lot, I can feel the energy I didn't have in the races before the break, so I hope I can keep the pace for Saturday and Sunday and be strong for the race.
"I'm very happy with the job we did in both sessions and I think we can still improve and be ready for both the qualifying practice and the race. I guess the other rivals will also do the same, so we have to keep focused."
The rest of the field tried to respond to Pedrosa's time but Australian Stoner was the only one to break the 1min 57sec barrier.
Simoncelli crashed at the end of the first session, but appeared unaffected as he improved his time in the second session.
Reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing), who trails Stoner by 20 points, was fourth fastest with a third Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso fifth quickest.
Ben Spies, John Hopkins, Alvaro Bautista, Cal Crutchlow and Colin Edwards completed the top 10, with Valentino Rossi 11th fastest.
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There are lots of ways to lose your money in this world but here's one I hadn't encountered before: binary option Web sites. They have become popular over the past few years with new ones appearing all the time: anyoption.com, bulloption.com, spotoption.com, binaryoption.com, etc. etc.
The sites appeal to the same type of people who play poker online. But they somehow have an aura of being more respectable because they represent themselves as offering a form of investing. Don't kid yourself. These are gambling sites, pure and simple. It's probably just a matter of time before regulators move in on them.
Until that happens, they seem to be doing great business. A Google Google search for binary option Web sites produced 870,000 hits with promotions like "earn up to 75 per cent every hour" and "81 per cent profit in one hour or less, trade all major markets". You can buy these options, which are also known as all-or-nothing options, digital options, or Fixed Return Options (FROs), on stocks, commodities, indexes, foreign exchange, and other derivatives.
In fact, you can place a bet (which is what it really amounts to) on just about anything that is publicly traded, depending on which Web site you use (some offer a wider range of choices than others). Some sites provide free guides to binary option trading to get you started.
I was alerted to this phenomenon by a reader who sent me this email:
"My dad has recently gotten involved with trading binary options online. The basic premise for the site he uses is at a specific time, say 1:25 p.m., you can put down perhaps $100 that XYZ stock will either increase or decrease in price within five minutes—by 1:30 p.m. If you are wrong, you get $15 back. If you are right, you win about $70.
"I've proven to him that, mathematically, the site has an edge and you must be right 55% of the time in order for your bet to have a neutral expected value. I am also a professional online poker player by trade so I have an extensive understanding of probability, the online gambling markets, and how these sites work.
The problem is he feels he is at a great advantage, citing his ability to read a bunch of charts, follow news, etc. He is a smart man, a former lawyer, and has been following stocks for years, but I feel that he may be overestimating himself here. I've looked into online binary options trading a bit and it seems to me that the consensus is that very few people outside of professional traders can beat the trading sites consistently for good money. My dad is up $2,500 or so betting $100 and $50. The best I could do is to warn him about statistical variance affecting his perceived ability and that short-term volatility along with the inherent disadvantage will make consistent winning incredibly hard.
"I'm looking for a way to definitively convince him to stop and that his edge isn't as great as it seems. I tried talking to him multiple times about the subject but I'm not as knowledgeable about the field and ultimately that becomes my shortcoming when trying to convince him why he shouldn't continue to be involved with this. Any help would certainly be appreciated."
I found this correspondence especially fascinating because the writer is a professional online poker player—a gambler by trade. Yet here he is trying to convince his dad that online gambling is a bad thing. I agree, it is. But it's understandable if the father is skeptical about advice from a son who does the same sort of thing, albeit in a different form.
But that's for them to sort out. What intrigued me was to discover that binary option trading has become a kind of pseudo investing sub-culture. I went to the site our reader says his dad uses and did some research. It describes binary options as "an exciting new type of investment"—note the use of the word "investment".
"When a binary option is purchased on our platform, a contract is created that gives the buyer (known here as the investor) the right to buy an underlying asset at a fixed price, within a specified time frame with us, the seller," the Web site explains. The option must be held until maturity (even if that is five minutes away); unlike regular options it cannot be sold before then.
These sites promote themselves as offering controlled risk (you can't lose more than a specified amount), low cost, big gains if you guess right, and ease of use—you can trade from home whenever markets are open and set up an account with a credit card.
So what arguments would I use to convince dad to quit? For starters, this sort of thing can quickly become addictive, especially to market junkies. Although the amounts bet may be small, the total can quickly add up if many trades are done in a day. It wouldn't take long for things to get out of hand.
Second, no one, no matter how knowledgeable, can consistently predict what a stock or commodity will do within a short time frame. Will Apple Apple (AAPL) shares go up or down in the next 10 minutes? Unless there has just been some major announcement from the company, there is no way to even guess at that.
I should add, this is an overview of the regulated binary options broker. Sadly they can not accept US residents.
There is no disagreement on this point, however one should realize that if everybody has been playing neatly, that is according the rules, and they have the equal chance of winning, it should be consider a fair game. This is what CEO of Banc De Dinary thinks, the major Binay Option Traders today.
First of all we need to differentiate between regulated exchanges such as NADEX and the CBOE which enable binary options trading, and the offshore based exchanges that are unregulated – BUT COMPLETELY LEGAL. This means that as long as its legal there will be people out there trading online and a lot of them will be making money. "Surprisingly so", the market forces tend to be a positive influence and competition is good….. Also I wouldn't want any government telling me how and where to spend my money – the same is true for anything I do online. So for a really in depth analysis of binary options brokers and what they have to offer I would check out www.binaryoptionsreports.com
Let's be realistic here. Because it's a simple point and click type of forex trading it's considered no more than a gambling site. Well as far as I can see what makes forex trading on MetaTrader platforms less of a gambling venture. Let's face it, when investing in stocks, bonds, etc. this to is a gamble. Investors in binary options trading are using the same tools as a traditional forex trader.
Binary Option trading is a risky investment and you need a good strategy to avoid lose your money.
To start I recommend do minimum deposits ( $200 ) , small trades with long expiry time , and visit a binary options reviewssite to choose the right broker.
Correction. If you place $100, then you get $71 back+your initial investment. Thus, you would get $93,195 for 545 correct. Also, you have the option to predict for the end of the day expiry price. That is easier to predict than 10 or 15 minutes.
The truth is that the article is in a danger of confusing two issues here. The first being whether binary options offer an effective trading medium and the other whether the brokers themselves are actually able to operate on a solid financial footing.
In the first instance, Binary options tend to be let down to some extent by the way in which they are marketed, with a big emphasis on being simple and that 'anyone can make a profit.' However this is not so far removed from Forex or Stock trading and as we have seen, many of the so called safe investments have failed to deliver in recent years… so begging the question as to what type of investment isn't actually a gamble?
The second part as to the business being unregulated is one that was levelled at Forex brokers a few years ago. Now most are regulated is it any safer for the trader? Possibly, but this doesn't make the practice of trading binary options any safer if you are against the basic principle of being a gamble.
The argument that one would need to win 55% of the time to break even is flawed. That argument assumes that the investor will bet the same exact amount of money each time. If, however, one were to double down, let's say 3 times and lose, double down a fourth time and win, one would only need to be right 25% of the time to turn a profit. I'm not suggesting that anyone do this, but I am suggesting that the argument made in this article is inaccurate and based on the investor making the same investment amount each time, which most binary option traders do not do.
What is really interesting about the letter is that the dad is UP $2500 and yet the kid is telling him to stop. Why? If he is winning he should keep going. At least that is what his son would say if he was playing cards or something. I get the feeling the kid is one of zillions who think they are "professional gamblers". This is just a name to cover their addiction and he is worried his dad, who he probably lives with, will lose everything and then kid will be on the street.
I think there is a lot of confusion out there about the new CYSEC Licensed brokers operating today. It's important to differentiate between unregulated and illegal, but even more important to understand the product and how it is different from the regulated exchanges or brokers.
Above is a nice article pointing out the differences between regulated and un-regulated brokers, and empowering the traders so they can make an informed decision on where they want to invest.


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Motorola has released its latest iDEN phone that is designed to meet "military standards" of durability. The iDEN i580 is water and dust resistant and sports Bluetooth, a MP3 player and a 1.3 megapixel digital camera. Multiple push to buttons are available to allow you to push to talk, push to meet and push to smart reply that allows you to send SMS messages using push to talk. The iDEN also accepts microSD memory cards. The i580 will be available in Q2 of 2006. The carrier will probably be Nextel.
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NASCAR's Danica Patrick becomes first driver with over 1 million Twitter followers
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Ted Shaw for the Calgary Herald has posted the following article. "If the other members of Megadeth had their way, the band's 30th anniversary this year would be celebrated in grand style. But leader Dave Mustaine doesn't need cake and candles to mark the occasion.
Video footage of Dave Mustaine signing Vince Minogue's commemorative Dean guitar on July 19 at Guitar Center in Brookfield, Wisconsin can be seen below.
Dave Mustaine has made Denver Westword's "Top Ten Best Pioneering Metal Frontmen" list. "The founder and only consistent member of Megadeth, Mustaine has been the driving force of one of the big four of thrash for nearly thirty years."
"Rooster", of 94.5 KFMX Radio recently conducted an interview with Dave Mustaine. "Over the past few weeks I had the opportunity to interview Megadeth front man Dave Mustaine twice over the phone and this past Saturday the day of The Gigantour I got to meet the man himself, face to face."
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Oklahoma City was plagued with bad luck last night (July 16) as Megadeth's Gigantour 2013 was severely affected by extreme weather issues. Intense rain and lightning forced Device to skip their set, but that wasn't even the tip of the iceberg. Shortly before Megadeth were set to take the stage, a bolt of lightning struck an Oklahoma City transformer, cutting power to the Zoo Amphitheatre entirely.
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Networking and mentoring are "all the rage" in contemporary career counseling, but Kathy DeBoer cautions against a creeping loss of informality and sense of ease. "Networking comes down to being interested in people," she says, "and people will recoil when that interest is inauthentic, just a tool for landing a job." Likewise, she added, mentoring, at its heart, "is friendship."
DeBoer, the executive director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, was a member of a campus panel for "Careers in Sports Business." The event assembled six distinguished individuals (including three alumni), ex-athletes all, who make their livings in a variety of sports enterprises. How they got to where they are; what was important on the journey; what, in hindsight, they might have done differently; and what advice they could impart to "K" students aspiring to sports business careers were matters for lively a discussion attended by more than a hundred people. It was sponsored by the College's Center for Career and Professional Development, the Business Guild, and the Department of Athletics.
Attorney and sports agent Storm Kirschenbaum (founder of Metis Sports Management, LLC) stressed the importance of standing out. There are, after all, as many competitors in business as there are in sports. The former Division I left handed hitting outfielder recalled striking out every at bat in his final collegiate game. He'd been overmatched by an overpowering southpaw. After the game, as the teams congratulated each other and he shook the pitcher's hand, he said, "I'm gonna rep you." He was already thinking ahead to post-playing-days career possibilities. And even if the pitcher thought him crazy (the expression on his face, said Kirschenbaum, suggested that he did), Kirschenbaum did stand out, and the art of doing that launches sports business careers. Well, standing out and persistence, he added.
Persistence was the advice of Kalamazoo College alumnus Charles Tucker '56. "You can't have 'can't' in your vocabulary," he said. Every experience offers the opportunity to take notes and ask questions, and those who don't do those things put themselves at a competitive disadvantage. He cited James Thurber's character Walter Mitty, a person who wanted to be several heroes at the same time. Mitty may be a good symbol of a liberal arts-ish jump off point for the right opportunity, which often comes unexpectedly. Tucker has been a lawyer, newspaper sports columnist, stand-up comic, magazine writer, talk show host, and English professor before founding (in his kitchen!) and managing The Sports Network, today the world's largest independently owned supplier of sports scores and information.
Fellow alumnus Jeff Pellegrom (Class of 1988) cited the indispensability of experience and internships (the latter most likely unpaid). The economics and mathematics double major's first experience in the business of sports was founding the Kalamazoo College Triathlon as a student. Somewhat lemonade-stand-like at its inception - the inaugural race drew maybe 20 participants - the event has persisted long after Pellegrom's graduation and grown steadily. More importantly, it immersed the Hornet swimmer in the business of sports - lining up sponsors, advertising and marketing, attracting those 20 "customers."
"Minor league systems in all professional sports live on internships - most unpaid," he said. "But they are opportunities to learn the business." Pellegrom is proof of the cross-fertilization of sports in business. The former swimmer is a current executive (vice president and CFO) of a professional hockey franchise (Minnesota Wild). He noted the athletic diversity of four recent "hockey" interns: two basketball players, one hockey player, and one who didn't play collegiate sports at all. What they had in common? The thing that mattered most: "they could all sell tickets."
A "personal brand" is how one sells oneself to potential employers in the sports marketplace, according to Timon Corwin '86. "It's never too early to begin building your personal brand," he told students. He started as a junior tennis player, simply by the way
"Unpaid internships are opportunities to learn the business."he acted in victory and in defeat. "You build your brand - and you make a difference - by accepting requests and making offers," he explained. "In addition, Kalamazoo College is an incredible opportunity to build a great brand for yourself - through study abroad; internships and externships; network building, starting with professors; and, for many [a quarter of "K" students in fact], participation in intercollegiate athletics."
Corwin stressed the importance of pursuing your passion. His was tennis, which he played through college and afterwards, right up until law school. He continues to discover the value of his law school experience, though he has never practice law. During a prestigious law school internship in Frankfurt, Germany, he had his "pursue-your-passion" epiphany that he "must get back to tennis." That led to a successful coaching career at "K" and, after that, a position as senior director for the junior and collegiate competition for USTA Player Development.
When you pursue your passion be ready for surprises - most delightful, some not, said Kurt David. The best-selling author (From Glory Days) and TV host and producer today counsels athletes transitioning from their playing careers to life after sports. It can be a very difficult transition, one that David experienced in his own journey from professional basketball to his current work. "It took time, but I've come to discover that I'm as passionate about what I'm doing today as I ever was playing basketball. It feels good to have that passion again."
Perhaps the passion for sports comes from its ideal of meritocracy, concluded Kathy DeBoer, who played professional basketball before there was any market for it, but learned many valuable business lessons from the experience. "In sports and in business, your success is based on what you achieve," which is often measurable statistically. Competition is fierce, achievement wins; and these facts are opening sports business opportunities for women and men, said the former Division I volleyball coach and athletic director.
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How'd We Do? Analyzing the Totality of the Sixers' Off-Season Moves
Jul 16, 2012, 10:19 AM EDT
Halfway into July, if I had to take an educated guess, I'd say the
Philadelphia 76ers are basically done with their off-season maneuvering.
There's always the chance of the Andre Iguodala trade that we've been
predicting for about two-and-a-half years now, but talks have slowed on
that front, and most of the teams being talked of as possible landing
spots for 'Dre—whether a contending team like the Lakers or a rebuilding
one like the Warriors or Timberwolves—have either locked into their
current roster, and/or already looked elsewhere to fill their small
forward void elsewhere. With the free agent pool drying up and the
Sixers running up on the salary cap, it seems fairly likely that this is
the team the Sixers will take into next year.
So how did the Sixers do in what we here at the Level have been
calling the most pivotal off-season in the franchise's post-AI history?
Well, let's break it down into a series of questions.
Did We Get What We Wanted?
Superficially, the answer here would appear to be yes. If you'd
asked me before the off-season what the three things we needed the most
going into next year, I would have said a perimeter scorer who can
create his own shot, a knockdown three-point shooter, and a proven
interior presence who can anchor a defense. We basically got one of each
of those, in shooting guard Nick Young (17.4 ppg for Washington two
seasons ago), small forward Dorrell Wright (194 threes for the Warriors
two seasons ago) and big man Kwame Brown (starting center for the
Bobcats with decent results
two seasons ago), respectively. Technically speaking, the Sixers
managed to add the two pieces they most needed without needing to give
up anything on the two rosters.
What makes these moves so unsatisfying is that the Sixers basically
nabbed the lowest-cost, lowest-upside versions of the three players they
needed in Young, Wright and Brown. Young can score, but he can't do
anything else, Wright has little value when he's not parked behind the
three-point line, and while Brown has turned into a decent interior
defender and rebounder, he's certainly no Tyson Chandler, and his
offensive game can be charitably described as that of a "Rich Man's Ben
Wallace." Both still add something the team was sorely lacking, but
neither represents any sort of long-term solution for their respective
What's more, Young and Brown are notoriously low-IQ players with
long, long track records of losing and losing big, with Wright having
little post-season success of his own to speak of. Nick Young's
first-round victory with the Clippers this season was the first time in
any of the 24 combined seasons for the three players that one of them
won a playoff series in which they actually played. If creating a
"winning atmosphere" was one of the primary goals of the team this
off-season, this was an odd way to do it.
So I guess the answer here is yes, we got we wanted. But it turned out we didn't really want it that badly.
Did We Lose Much in the Interim?
not really. Well, that's not totally true—we lost two of the guys that
came to define the team over the last half-decade of Sixers basketball
in overpaid free agent power forward Elton Brand and bench scorer turned
swaggy rapper Lou Williams. But the latter is basically replaced in
role by Nick Young, and while advanced stats still say that Lou was a
far better player than Nick the past few seasons…I'll believe that
when I start yelling at Young on one out of every three possessions as I
eventually was with Sour Patch Lou. And Elton was on his way out soon
anyway—either through a trade deadline deal or walking as a free agent
next summer—so though he was still an effective post defender and
occasional scoring option, you can't bemoan his loss too much.
If anything, you could argue that we should have lost more,
as the decision to retain Spencer Hawes at two years, 13 million was
probably the Sixers' most roundly mocked of the off-season, and
deservedly so—Spencer has still yet to prove that he can be a starter in
this league, and 6.5 a year is an awful lot for a backup. But
ultimately, the Sixers lost little that can't be fairly readily
Did We Screw Ourselves For the Future?
no. If the Sixers want to claim one victory for the off-season, it's
this: They made absolutely zero moves that we'll be regretting four
years down the line. That, of course, is because the Sixers made no
moves that will imapct the team four years from now—every single thing
they did was for a maximum of two years. No contract signed by a Sixer,
old or new, this off-season, will still be going past the 2014
This may not sound like that big of a deal, but it actually is—the
contracts that really end up hamstringing a team are the five-year,
$35-million type you give out to role players who either underperform or
turn out to be not $7-million-a-year important in their role, clogging
up a team's cap space for a half-decade and preventing any kind of big
moves from being made. The fact that Lou Williams and Spencer Hawes were
not given such deals has to be seen as some kind of progress. (Though,
puzzlingly, it seems like Lou was offered one and turned it down.)
Did the Sixers Show Evidence of Having a Long-Term Plan?
of, although how sound or noble the plan is is certainly up for debate.
It appears that the front office is basically planning on putting the
team on hold for two years, at which point Iguodala comes off the books
and the team has to have officially decided how much to invest in Jrue
Holiday and Evan Turner. In the meantime, they have the short-term
contracts and financial flexibility to either pursue free agents next
off-season or make a blockbuster trade for a big-name guy should the
opportunity for either arise. And they can use these seasons as sort of a
trial period to see who, along with Holiday and Turner, should be
considered a crucial part of the team's future.
It's a plan, anyway—certainly one better than pretending the team
was actually close to contending last post-season, and keeping the
team's core in place while adding pieces to put them "over the top."
(Team CEO Adam Aron basically admitted the team had maxed out as
currently constituted, which is a healthy realization for him to come
to.) It's not all that sexy of a plan, however, and it's not even one
the team followed through with all the way, as they failed to find a
trade for Andre Iguodala and their draft strategy of Young and Athletic
failed to mesh with their free agent strategy of Middle-Aged and Not
Totally Stiff. An inconsistent, unglamorous plan is probably still
better than no plan at all, but how much better is certainly subject for
Does Our Roster Make More Sense Than it Did At the End of Last Year?
this is where the Sixers really failed this off-season. None of their
signings or draft choices were explicitly terrible, none of the players
they cut bait with were particularly tragic losses, but the combination
thereof has left the Sixers with a roster totally lacking in balance. If
you count Evan Turner and Thaddeus Young (and in my opinion, you
should), the Sixers will be entering next season with a grand total of
five small forwards, all of whom will command some sort of consistent
minutes. Meanwhile, the team totally lacks a backup point guard (unless
you count Xavier Silas or Nick Young, which, no) and appears to be
giving serious consideration towards tipping off 2012-13 with a starting
front line of Spencer Hawes and Kwame Brown—which, really, shouldn't
happen under any circumstances ever.
Can Coach Doug Collins make sense out of the mess? Probably, but not
without some issues of poor roster equilibrium eventually being
exposed, and not without somebody bitching about role and/or
minutes. You'd like to think that a trade or two is still on the way to
help clear up the mess, but such a trade doesn't seem a particular
priority with the Sixers currently—rather, when they trade, it's for a
guy like Wright that has one very valuable skill, but also already has
four other dudes at the same position in front of him.
Ultimately, you might not be able to call this Sixers off-season a
total failure—the fact that Lou Williams was actually allowed to walk to
Atlanta basically disqualifies it from being labeled as such—but you
certainly wouldn't call it a resounding success, either. It was about
100x more active than the last four off-seasons, but ultimately we're
left in the same place—watching a mediocre team that keeps putting off
the decision of whether to rebuild or try to contend. The Sixers could
still be a fun team next year, but it's gonna be hard to be real excited
about the group Rod Thorn and company—whoever's making decisions for
the team these days—have put together.
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Thinking of becoming a freelancer or hoping to make this year's freelancing more fiscally fruitful than last? Freelancing is a money game and cash flow is king. And while there may be times when your cup runs over, there will no doubt be other times when it looks ominously dry.
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Every freelancer needs a financial cushion; in fact, you shouldn't quit your day job unless you have one. It can take up to six months to build your client base and develop consistent income. Instead, start your freelancing activities "on the side" until you are ready to transition to full time business ownership.
How big should your cushion be? Start by factoring in your living expenses for the next six months and allow for any emergencies that may arise. Next, assess what percentage of your income you'll need to put aside to make your estimated taxes, social security and Medicare payments. Consider setting up a separate bank account and allocate 30-35 percent of every check you receive for work done into that account. This will help you avoid any day-to-day temptation to dip into it while ensuring you have the money to pay your estimated tax requirements when the time comes.
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Most freelancers can work from home. If you really need social interaction or want to leverage the brainpower of fellow freelancers, consider a co-working space (now available for a low-cost in many cities) or even your local coffee shop.
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For more lean spending tips, read: 6 Tips to Rein in Spending and Be a Lean Start-Up.
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If there's one thing that any freelancer can be sure if in their business, it's that one day your PC will succumb to the dreaded "blue screen of death," be infected by a virus or taken over by malware. Without an IT department to turn to, you'll end up throwing cash at an expensive fix and risk losing all your work and business records in the process. Regularly backing up your work, both to a standalone hard drive and to an online location (providers like DropBox, Symantec, and Carbonite offer free or low-cost services) will ensure your data is protected and always accessible. Get more tips here: Finding the Best Backup Option for Your Small Business Data.
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Growing a freelancing business is a challenge. Networking often takes you away from existing work, while developing and nurturing new relationships into profitable clients takes time. Instead, look for to expand your business and earn more money with existing clients, based on the work and track record that you already have. Check out some tips for doing just this in my earlier blog, 5 Ways to Become an Indispensable Freelancer and Earn More Money from Your Clients.
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Growing existing business is good, but it's also important to have multiple streams of income. One option for growing your business this way is to team with complementary businesses. For freelancers, for example, work on building relationships with those who serve your target customers. Photographers could collaborate with wedding planners, or graphic designers could team with marketing consultants.
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Freelancers often price their services at different rates in order to secure business. But if a low-paying client is also your most demanding and tricky client—whether based on the work you are required to do or the nature of the relationship—it might be time to cut your losses, walk away from this type of low-margin work and concentrate on deepening other relationships.
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leveraged to obtain higher paying clients. However, I find that it is a
constant struggle to balance those with more profitable work as there are
only so many hours in a day. The low profit clients are often much more
interesting but they don't pay the bills.
KarenEman | Window Shopper | 1/27/2013 - 4:02 pm
Thanks for the great tips!
Another tip I found very beneficial was to become very mindful of what I call
"purposeful activities" i.e. "doing stuff" that has a payback – not
just "doing stuff" because it looked like I was being productive!
Setting up numerous coffee and lunch meetings with lots of folks – usually
at a place convenient for them - looks and feels like productive networking,
but you could end up spending more time in the car then actual face-to-face
networking time and more money than if you had invested in a targeted
networking organization or professional association membership.
Instead, consider using online tools such as LinkedIn – then connect via
phone or email - reserving actual "face time" for those connections that
you believe have the potential to have the most impact on your goals.
Most importantly, make sure you are enjoying what you are doing!
aeherman | Window Shopper | 1/27/2013 - 8:24 am
paying clients: That is a tough one because working with them can often be
leveraged to obtain higher paying clients. However, I find that it is a
constant struggle to balance those with more profitable work as there are
only so many hours in a day. The low profit clients are often much more
interesting but they don't pay the bills.
blastsongs | Window Shopper | 1/27/2013 - 5:53 am
I always try to put my income in a growing investment fund for the long
Save for a rainy day
digitalmarketing | Window Shopper | 1/25/2013 - 7:28 pm
Thanks again for such a resourceful article! As my business expands I am
slowly shifting prospectives, from working in my business to managing my
business; Both possess it's perks but generally speaking in order for it to
move forward I have to let go of the things I enjoying doing as a "worker" in
my business.
motnhap | Window Shopper | 1/25/2013 - 11:29 am
thanks so much
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I hope you have a good business plan
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thanks !
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There are some meaningless things people just go along with. Let me point out something that should be rather obvious, but for some reason isn't.
Ending world hunger is a bad idea.
It seems even atheists have a hard time grasping this. Bimbos in beauty pageants are trained to parrot it back whenever they're asked what they wish for. Ask any child, or naive adult, and you'll get the same wish of ending world hunger, world peace or some other inane nonsense like that.
Ever stop to think about why humans aren't supposed to interfere with nature? Why do you think it is that cameramen filming little turtles crawling into the ocean never stop help them? Why do they just stand there and watch as some of the poor little fucks get picked off my birds? Because that's how nature preserves its balance. If all of them made it to the ocean, the risk of overpopulation would be too high.
Knowing this then, why do we interfere with other humans? Why is it ethical to not interfere with nature when it's animals, but it's suddenly the complete opposite when it's humans? Why do people have such a hard time accepting that humans are no different than other animals, and that most of the world's problems are indisputably caused by human overpopulation?
7 billion people is too much as it is, and the only reason that some of these billions of people are starving to death, dying in wars, famine etc is that there's too much of them to begin with. And the solution is to stop them from dying so humanity can spread even more? How disgusting.
Every time you watch a documentary on obesity, you can be sure to hear something along the lines of "with the food thrown away in America on a daily basis you could end world hunger." Yes, and then those people would multiply, and then we're fucked again. It's a matter of thinking long term. Aiding in more people surviving is only going to cause more suffering in the long run. Earth is finite. Resources are finite. And thanks to religion we're wasting precious time and money on arguing about matters that are apparently more important, such as who should be allowed to marry whom, and so are yet nowhere near to colonizing space. It's simply irresponsible to suggest every human should be saved.
Famine, disease and even war are nature's way of keeping our numbers at bay, and we arrogantly struggle against that. We're so fucking precious aren't we? No. Humans are no different than any other resource. The more on there is on the market, the less it's worth.
People are trying to get pandas to fuck in the zoo so their species doesn't die out. No one does the same for ants, cockroaches or grasshoppers. They're "pests." In fact we try to kill those. Well guess what, humans aren't the equivalent to pandas. We're the fucking locusts of this world, and it's already haunting us. We have to accept that nature, earth, cannot support this many people breeding at an accelerating rate. Ultimately at this point, with 7 billion people, any single person is too much, and pumping out more of our larva is just detrimental to the well-being of the rest.
Same goes for people who have children. Don't think I forgot about you. It doesn't matter how much you recycle, how much of a vegan you are, or how well you raise your little supposed prodigies. In the end, you're just part of the problem. So next time you feel selfish enough to want kids, be a little moral and do the world a favor by just adopting a kid.
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Garrett Hardin talks about this issue in a seminal paper of 1968: technical, but worth it.
... Freedom to breed will bring ruin to all. At the moment, to avoid hard decisions many of us are tempted to propagandize for conscience and responsible parenthood. The temptation must be resisted, because an appeal to independently acting consciences selects for the disappearance of all conscience in the long run, and an increase in anxiety in the short.
The only way we can preserve and nurture other and more precious freedoms is by relinquishing the freedom to breed, and that very soon. "Freedom is the recognition of necessity"--and it is the role of education to reveal to all the necessity of abandoning the freedom to breed. Only so, can we put an end to this aspect of the tragedy of the commons.
I agree, but having to abandon our own planet in search of a new one - that's a disaster.
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So much truth and wisdom in this post. The religious will populate this tiny planet until their dreams of Armageddon come true. Only the lack of fuel and food can stop it.
Belle better a few people starve than multiples of it in the future. That's where we're heading now. Places like famine stricken parts of Africa are really a glimpse into the future of all around the Earth. If I were starving, I'd never wish that upon anybody else, especially not the future generations. But that's where we're heading right now. The best and most effective way to stop starvation of humans in general would not be to send them some little rations every now end then so they can prolong their miserable lives, but instead try to find a balance like Simon said. We need to find the equilibrium between quality and quantity, so everybody who's around can live a good life. That's not going to happen as long as clergy scum pressure people into breeding recklessly without thought of resources and conditions. It's not just people starving elsewhere, think of your own children. Their conditions of life are going to deteriorate with each passing generation.
It is not so much that starvation itself is not within the realm of morality, rather it is more immoral to condemn the rest of the world to the fate of curing it as the population exists today. I think that is what Korsan is trying to say..correct me if I'm wrong dude. Whether you have starved or are starving does not change the fact that we are too many on this planet and there are only so many beans to go around.
correction..i think that is what he means for you to understand
Easy to say, when YOU aren't the one starving.


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Weekend at the Museum: Mapping Colonial America
History.org has an online exhibit called Mapping Colonial America. The interactive display takes you through a chronological tour of colonial maps from the Colonial Williamsburg's collection dated from 1587 to 1782.
The online exhibition looks at maps relating to colonial discovery, exploration, boundary disputes, navigation, trade, the French and Indian War, and the Revolutionary War. The exhibition features a zooming tool allowing a close look at map details, a glossary of terms, and a timeline of major events in history that occurred near the date a particular map was drawn.
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Executive Perspectives On The World Of Optics And Photonics
At Photonics West 2014 last week, seven top executives from photonics and optics companies offered insights on current trends and future opportunities in the industry during the panel session on "Executive Perspectives on the World of Optics and Photonics." During the session, the panelists shared their views on the previous year and the years ahead and answered questions from a packed room of attendees. While they acknowledged that 2013 had its share of struggles, there was a lot of optimism surrounding the industry's current status and its prospects for the future.
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Plzeňský Prazdoj Announces Economic Results For Past Financial Year
22 May 2009
Plzeň, 22 May - Plzeňský Prazdroj announces economic results for the financial year ending on 31 March 2009.
Basic information:
- Core business revenues increased by 1 % to 15.8 billion Kč
- Pre-tax profit increased by 0.3 % compared to previous financial year and reached 4.6 billion Kč
In the financial year ending on 31 March 2009, Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s. confirmed its position as the leading Czech beer producer and exporter. Income for sales of goods, own products and services increased by 1 % to 15.8 billion Kč and pre-tax profit reached 4.6 billion Kč and surpassed the previous financial year despite difficult economic conditions. After-tax profit decreased slightly in the year-to-year comparison due to one-time tax adjustments from the previous year. Because of exceptional tax items, the tax is incomparable with previous year's. Plzeňský Prazdroj is one of the most significant taxpayers in the Czech Republic, having paid 4.4 billion crowns in taxes during the past financial year.
Mike Short, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s., stressed the ongoing focus on beer market value increase and on export. "Sales volume of the Czech beer market decreased slightly last year, and Prazdroj's sales were no exception. Even at these unstable times of crisis we managed well and we kept our focus on premium and more expensive brands that should help increase the value of the entire Czech beer market."
The economic situation worsened during the second half of the fiscal year, and demand decreased in most segments of the beer market. Plzeňský Prazdroj announced a sales decrease of 3 % in volume for 2008 in line with the market trend. The decrease was further augmented by lower sales in the first three months of 2009. Towards the end of the financial year, the sales started to increase mainly due to good weather.
In 2008, Plzeňský Prazdroj recorded its highest export volume in its entire 166 year history. Foreign sales increased by 1 % over previous year, the export increased by 4 % and license production remained at previous year's level.
These results are the outcome of investments focused on production capacity increase and export expansion. During the last twelve months, Prazdroj invested 1.7 billion Kč into development of its breweries. Since 2000, SABMiller has invested 16 billion Kč into the development of Plzeňský Prazdroj and its brands.
Financial indicators:
Accounting period ending on 31 March 2009 (bn Kč)
Accounting period ending on 31 March 2008 (bn Kč)
Income for sales of goods, own products and services 15.840 15.680
Pre-tax profit for the accounting period 4.610 4.590
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- Plzeňský Prazdroj is the leading beer producer in the region and the largest exporter of Czech beer.
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To market, to market
'Tis the season for farmer's markets everywhere, and the best (in my opinion) is the European Market, located right in downtown Chesterton.
My regular stops: the cheese tent (get here early and the long line is worth it!) Might I suggest the raspberry beer cheese. Amazing! Also, Sahara, a Mediterranean restaurant in Michigan City often has a tent selling hummus and pita. And fresh flowers- there's always someone selling them for an awesome price. Today I got a bouquet of peonies for $7! Later on in the season I buy almost all my fresh vegetable produce here.
Beware of dogs: MANY people bring their dogs- which is cool!- and lots of them get all festive for the occasion and put clothes on them and stuff. It's fun. But keep in mind not all of them are on a leash, and if you have grabby grabbers for kids, you know, keep close watch.
Some highlights: This week I was excited to see several new vendors including Bits and Pieces Tees and Shambora Studios. Bonus- I found out the coffee truck gives free refills on iced tea! AND my friends were the band providing musical inspiration and entertainment. So fun.
Personally, my favorite way to enjoy the market is to bring along my re-usable bags and a good friend. But, often I have to go with the whole family. Take time to grab some lunch, have a seat at a picnic table and let the kids run around the big gazebo.
Maybe I'll see you next week!
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Looking for any Mawile. I need its pokedex entry. PM or VM me.
Looking for any Mawile. I need its pokedex entry. PM or VM me.
Spoiler:- rate my team:
Looking for a Speed Boost Venipede, (adamant or jolly nature preferred, but not necessary). 5 or 6 IV's preferred too, but not necessary. just message me.
Can breed DW mawiles with beneficial natures.
looking for anything in my sig/shop
pm me if interested
i have a bold natured dw female mawile bold nature and has sheer force and ice punch
pm me with offers
I have a female DW mawile; don't need her. Will accept item trades; ppups/ppmaxes and rare candies. 3 per pokemon.
My ingame pokemon Y name is Child
Shiny pokemon I've successfully chained to date: Platinum 92 Pokemon Y 2
Mouse lady's new tradethread Video of my shiny minun poor quality
Trade Completed
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Currently looking for/working on:
5IV Adamant Tympole w/Hydration
Looking for all shiny pokemon from pokemon Coloseum who were shadow pokemon or the starting espeon and umreon as shinies look in my shop link in my Sig. to see what I can offer if you have one leave a message in my shop or VL me don't PM me I hate PM's thanks :P I also have an adamant mawhile on soulsilver from XD
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Smeargl: White 2~ 2495 5855 5060
3DS XL FC for pokemon Y 2595-0724-5772 IGN SmeargleRock
FS, Meditite Throh Tyrogue
Shiny Number 1268
I can offer gen6 cloning services, I will only clone what I don't already have and require I can keep a clone of it
Self caught shinies on Y 20
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Shiny XD Zubat caught September 17th 2012 @ 4:24 pm EST cave PokeSpot
I'm looking for any mawile. I have almost every pokemon so just tell me what you need. PM me for more info.
Need a Mawile
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Pokédex complete!
Pokémon Y FC: 4742-5579-6556, Safari: Flying - Farfetch'd, Tranquill and Fletchinder
Spoiler:- Offers:
And any Pokémon that can be bred.
Spoiler:- Shinies I Can Trade:
looking for PP Up or PP Max or even yellow shards can offer DWF Mawile
Spare Legendaries:
I am also after DW: Adamant: , Adamant:
**Note** Everything above is in relation to Gen V
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lf dwf not in my sig, events, legendaries, and shinies
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I breed iv's upon request. What i have in stock: pm me for a detailed list
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Edit: No longer looking. Trade completed somewhere else.
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I'm looking for a Mawile. Not worried about Nature etc.
PM me for offers.
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Currently Seeking:
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Looking for a mawile pm me thanks!
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I need any Mawile to complete my pokedex. :-)
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Pokemon Y FC: 1220-6681-3236
My Safari Pokemon: Gogoat, Ivysaur, and Oddish
I am looking for a shiny, un-hacked, female Mawile. Please PM me for offers.
Need a mawile, PM me with your offer.
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I'm looking for HA and Shiny pokemons.
I can Breed 5/6 Iv's and Egg Moves!
Friend Safari Ground: Phanpy, Marowak, and Diggersby.
Some Legendaries for trade: Zapdos (Still not caught, so you can choose the nature), Mewtwo (Quiet or a nature of your choice), Regirock (Impish), Uxie (Rash), Mesprit (Rash) and Azelf (Adamant)
All my pokemons are legit and not cloned, therefore I only accept legits and not cloned pokemons, If interested PM me with your offers.